🇪🇸 Guida transfrontaliera · Spain → Switzerland 🇨🇭
In auto da Barcelona a Zürich
Drive from Barcelona to Zürich via AP-7, A9 & A7. Discover toll roads, speed limits, and border specifics for your cross-Europe journey.
- Tempo di guida
- 11h 20m
- Distanza
- 1.063 km
- In giornata?
- Lunga giornata
- meno di 12 ore
- Costo carburante
- ≈ €155
- benzina · diesel ≈ €131
- Pedaggi
- ≈ €112
- misto
- Ricarica veicoli elettrici
- Sconosciuto
- non ancora rilevato
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Mappa del percorso
Opzioni di percorso
Altri percorsi che OSRM ha trovato tra le due città — utile quando traffico, pedaggi o paesaggio contano più della pura velocità.
Alternativo
+37m- Distanza:
- 1.145 km (+82 km)
- Durata:
- 11h 58m
Via: A 9 · A 36 · A 7 · AP-7
In che altri modi puoi fare questo viaggio?
La guida si concentra sull'auto; ecco come bicicletta e (presto) treno, autobus e aereo si confrontano per la stessa tratta.
11h 20m
1.063 km · €155 di carburante
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Non realistico
1.063 km è ben oltre un tipico tour in bicicletta di più giorni. Prova una tratta più breve come una tappa giornaliera o un fine settimana.
No direct service
Our coach data (FlixBus + BlaBlaCar) doesn't list a direct service for this pair. National operators (e.g., National Express in the UK, Eurolines feeders) may still cover it — check their site directly.
Com'è il viaggio
Elaborato dai dati di percorso calcolati in data 24 aprile 2026 e verificato rispetto alla scheda di riepilogo del percorso. Leggi la nostra metodologia.
Your drive from Barcelona begins on the C-33, quickly merging onto the AP-7 autoroute heading northeast towards the French border. This is your main artery for a significant portion of the Spanish leg, a toll road offering smooth passage along the Mediterranean coast. Keep an eye out for fuel prices, which tend to be higher on these main French and Spanish motorways compared to smaller roads.
Crossing into France, the AP-7 becomes the A9 autoroute, continuing its path north. The driving style remains similar, but be aware of the speed limit adjustments – typically 130 km/h in good conditions on French autoroutes, but subject to change and reduced in adverse weather. Tolls are collected via booths along the A9. After a stretch on the A9, you'll transition to the A7, still a French autoroute, taking you further inland and north.
The route then diverts from the immediate coastal path, shifting towards the mountains as you approach the French Alps. Here, the main roads might give way to national routes like the N7 and N532, offering a more scenic, though potentially slower, experience. You’ll be navigating through diverse landscapes as you get closer to Switzerland. Remember that driving through many French towns may involve navigating low-emission zones (Crit'Air sticker required in some areas), so check local regulations if you plan extensive stops within urban centres.
As you approach the Swiss border, especially if heading towards Zürich, you'll likely need to purchase a vignette for the Swiss motorway system. This is a mandatory annual sticker available at border crossings or petrol stations near the border. Switzerland has strict speed limits, typically 120 km/h on motorways, and enforcement is rigorous. Tolls are generally covered by the vignette, but certain tunnels or specific roads may have additional charges. The final leg into Zürich will likely involve navigating Swiss autobahns, which are well-maintained but can experience heavy traffic, particularly approaching the city.
Punti salienti del percorso
- AP-7 toll autoroute along the Spanish coast
- A9 autoroute transition into France
- Navigating French national roads (N-routes)
- Swiss motorway vignette purchase
- Alpine scenery approaching Switzerland
- Strict speed enforcement in Switzerland
Pianificazione viaggio
Come considerare il viaggio: un giorno, diviso o con pernottamento.
Pernottamento consigliato
Troppo lungo per una giornata di un singolo guidatore. Pianifica 1 soste notturne per fare questo viaggio come si deve.
Una sosta naturale vicino al punto a metà strada: La Motte-Servolex (fr).
- Distanza:
- 1.063 km
- Durata:
- 11h 20m (flusso libero, nessun traffico)
Dove fermarsi
Luoghi lungo il percorso che offrono pause naturali per un caffè, pranzo o per la notte.
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Figueres 🇪🇸 es
≈133 km≈ 4.6 km di deviazione dalla strada principale
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Coursan 🇫🇷 fr
≈266 km≈ 10.4 km di deviazione dalla strada principale
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Marguerittes 🇫🇷 fr
≈398 km≈ 2.5 km di deviazione dalla strada principale
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Portes-lès-Valence 🇫🇷 fr
≈531 km≈ 1 km di deviazione dalla strada principale
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La Tour-du-Pin 🇫🇷 fr
≈664 km≈ 1.9 km di deviazione dalla strada principale
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Versoix 🇨🇭 ch
≈797 km≈ 3.4 km di deviazione dalla strada principale
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Wohlen 🇨🇭 ch
≈930 km≈ 4.6 km di deviazione dalla strada principale
Mosse chiave
Cose da sapere prima di partire: confini, senso di marcia, pedaggi.
Catena multi-paese · ES → FR → CH
Attraverserai 3 paesi in questo viaggio — ognuno con il proprio sistema di pedaggi, prezzi del carburante e regole autostradali. Dai un'occhiata alla sezione 'da sapere' qui sotto prima di partire e tieni la registrazione più la carta assicurativa nel vano porta per eventuali controlli stradali.
Pedaggi sulle autostrade in ES / FR
Metti in budget i pedaggi autostradali: Francia, Italia, Spagna e Portogallo addebitano al chilometro, Croazia e Grecia per tratta. Le carte contactless funzionano quasi ovunque; averne una pronta.
Vignetta obbligatoria in CH
Austria, Svizzera, Repubblica Ceca, Slovacchia, Ungheria, Slovenia, Bulgaria e Romania richiedono un adesivo o una e-vignetta per l'uso autostradale. Acquista al confine: non averla comporta una multa salata sul posto.
Lungo tratto rurale su C-33
Pianifica circa 13 km di strade di campagna a due corsie. Più lente dell'autostrada, ma spesso la parte più bella – meno sorpassi dopo il tramonto.
Lungo tratto rurale su N 532
Pianifica circa 11 km di strade di campagna a due corsie. Più lente dell'autostrada, ma spesso la parte più bella – meno sorpassi dopo il tramonto.
Da sapere prima di partire
Le cose che un guidatore di un altro paese non penserebbe di chiedere — multe, vignette, carte di pagamento, orari.
Accesso alle città & zone a basse emissioni
ZBE Rondes — register your foreign plate before driving in
Da sapereBarcelona
Barcelona's low-emission zone covers everything inside the Rondes (B-10 / B-20), Mon–Fri 7:00–20:00. Old diesels and pre-2000 petrol cars are banned. Foreign plates with compliant emission classes still need to register at the city portal — without registration, the camera flags you regardless. Fines start at €100.
Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla now run ZBE low-emission zones
Da sapereSpain's Zonas de Bajas Emisiones (ZBE) cover central Madrid (24/7), Barcelona inside the Rondes (weekdays 7:00–20:00), Sevilla, Valencia and a growing list. Foreign plates need to register at the city portal in advance — your Euro emission class determines whether you get in. Without registration, cameras log entry and the fine reaches your home address.
Order your Crit'Air sticker before the trip
Da sapereParis, Lyon, Strasbourg, Marseille, Toulouse and a growing list of cities require a Crit'Air air-quality sticker visible on your windscreen — even for a single drive-through. It's €4.51 from the official site and ships by post (allow 2–6 weeks abroad). Without it, expect on-the-spot fines from €68. Your registration document tells the issuer your emission class.
Frontiere & documenti
You're leaving the EU customs zone
Da sapereSwitzerland is in Schengen but NOT in the EU customs union. Random customs stops happen at every border. Personal allowance: €300 in goods (CHF cash equivalent), 5L wine, 1L spirits. Above that you declare and pay duty. If you've loaded the boot with cured meat or cheese in Italy, declare it — confiscation is routine.
Pedaggi, vignette & pagamento stradale
Mont Blanc, Grand St Bernard, San Bernardino tunnels charge extra
Da sapereThe vignette covers most motorways but NOT the major Alpine road tunnels. Mont Blanc tunnel (FR-IT) is roughly €54 one-way for a passenger car, Grand St Bernard about €33, San Bernardino is included in the vignette but Gotthard road tunnel is a vignette-only route in summer (the queue can be 2 hours; the rail-shuttle alternative through the Lötschberg is faster).
Vignette is annual only — CHF 40
Da sapereSwitzerland sells one vignette: an annual sticker (or e-vignette) for CHF 40 / about €42. There's no 10-day option. Buy at any border post or online before you leave. The sticker must be physically affixed to the windscreen — keeping it loose in the glovebox earns the same CHF 200 fine as not having one.
You'll hit three different toll systems on this trip
Da sapereThis route crosses countries with mismatched toll mechanics — France's ticket-and-pay, vignette stickers, electronic-only stretches. There's no single transponder that works everywhere, but a Telepass EU device covers FR/IT/ES/PT and a Bip&Go covers the same plus a few more. For a one-off trip, contactless cards plus a Swiss vignette and Austrian e-vignette is the simplest mix.
Contactless works at every autoroute booth
UtileFrench autoroutes use a ticket system: take a card on entry, pay on exit. Every barrier accepts contactless tap-to-pay — pull into the "CB / bank card" lane (orange "t" logo means Liber-T transponder only, avoid those). For frequent EU travellers a Bip&Go transponder pays itself off in two trips by skipping the queue.
Most Spanish tolls were abolished in 2024
ConsiglioThe AP-1, AP-7 (Bilbao stretch) and most of the Mediterranean coast highways are now toll-free. A handful remain: AP-9 (Galicia), AP-66 (León–Asturias), Catalonia's C-32/C-16 tunnel approach. Spain is no longer a high-toll country for cars — your fuel + a few specific bridge fees is the realistic budget.
Cosa deve avere a bordo l'auto
Hi-vis vest in the cabin, triangle in the boot
Da sapereA reflective vest must be reachable without leaving the vehicle (in the door pocket or under your seat — boot is too late). One warning triangle is also mandatory. The 2012 breathalyzer rule was scrapped in 2020 but is still nice to keep. No spare-bulb requirement.
Regole & abitudini di guida
Priorité à droite still applies in towns
UtileOn urban streets without signs, traffic from your right has priority — even from a side street that looks subordinate. Outside cities the rule is mostly retired, but in residential French villages it survives. Slow at every right-hand junction unless a yellow diamond on your road tells you you're on the priority road.
Plan your stops, not just your finish time
UtileOSRM gives you free-flow drive time. Realistic add: 10% on motorway-heavy routes, 25% if you're crossing two cities. Eat at off-peak hours (11:30 lunch, 18:00 dinner) — service-area queues at noon kill 20 minutes. EU fatigue research is consistent: 15-minute break every 2 hours, full 45-minute break before 6 hours. The drive between hours 7 and 9 is where avoidable accidents cluster.
Stazioni di servizio
Off-motorway stations close late evening
ConsiglioSpanish provincial fuel stations often close 22:00–07:00, especially in the south. Motorway services (Cepsa, Repsol on the autovía) run 24/7. If you're routing through an Andalusian backroad, fuel before sunset and don't bank on a small-town pump.
Contactless cards work at virtually every motorway pump
ConsiglioMajor brand stations (Shell, Total, BP, Repsol, Cepsa, OMV, Eni, Esso) take Visa and Mastercard contactless without an issue. American Express and Diners are spotty south of the Alps. A €100 pre-authorisation hold is normal — it releases within 5 days. Carry €50 cash for the rare independent station.
Regole, tariffe e soglie cambiano. Verifica sempre la fonte ufficiale il giorno prima di partire — questa pagina è una checklist, non un riferimento legale.
Strade principali
Le autostrade su cui questo percorso trascorre la maggior parte dei chilometri.
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A 9 La Catalane281 km
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A1 —261 km
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AP-7 Autopista de la Mediterrània136 km
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A 7 Autoroute du Soleil93 km
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A 41 —71 km
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A 49 —61 km
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A 43 —46 km
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A 48 Autoroute du Dauphiné41 km
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C-33 —13 km
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A1; A3 —13 km
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N 532 —11 km
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N 7 —10 km
Caratteristiche del percorso
Quanto del viaggio è autostrada, strade secondarie o rurali.
Guida in autostrada — veloce, prevedibile, senza eventi.
- Autostrada
- 95%
- Secondaria
- 2%
- Altro / rurale
- 3%
Difficoltà di guida
Impressione a colpo d'occhio: quanto è impegnativo questo viaggio per un guidatore?
Generale
Faticoso
Guida difficile — molteplici fattori complicanti che aumentano la fatica. Fortemente consigliato dividere su più giorni.
- Guida lunga: 11h 20m al volante a velocità di flusso libero.
- Transfrontaliero: ES → CH. Tieni i documenti a portata di mano e controlla le regole di frontiera.
Carburante e pedaggi
Stima approssimativa per un'auto europea tipica. Consideralo una stima — i prezzi alla pompa cambiano settimanalmente.
Benzina (RON 95)
≈ €155
79.7 L × €1.95 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diesel
≈ €131
63.8 L × €2.05 / L · 6 L/100 km
Elettrico (ricarica rapida DC)
≈ €110
186 kWh × €0.59 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Ricarica rapida DC pubblica — la ricarica AC a casa o in hotel costa tipicamente circa la metà.
Pedaggi autostradali e vignette
≈ €112
- ES — €0.09/km sulla rete autostradale (≈ 127 km in paese ≈ €11) Gratuito sulla rete A; a pagamento solo sulle strade AP.
- FR — €0.10/km sulla rete autostradale (≈ 582 km in paese ≈ €58)
- CH — Vignetta (adesivo autostradale / e-vignetta) — €42.00 per 365 giorni
Prezzi aggiornati l'ultima volta il 2026-05-04. Fonte: Bollettino petrolifero settimanale UE più operatori autostradali nazionali.
Meteo per mese
Media temperature massime diurne / minime notturne e precipitazioni mensili tipiche, negli ultimi cinque anni.
🇪🇸 Barcelona
| Gen | Feb | Mar | Apr | Mag | Giu | Lug | Ago | Set | Ott | Nov | Dic |
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| 19mm | 38mm | 74mm | 66mm | 66mm | 41mm | 61mm | 42mm | 123mm | 86mm | 40mm | 66mm |
caldo mite freddo
🇨🇭 Zürich
| Gen | Feb | Mar | Apr | Mag | Giu | Lug | Ago | Set | Ott | Nov | Dic |
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| 91mm | 43mm | 98mm | 114mm | 153mm | 105mm | 174mm | 118mm | 126mm | 112mm | 148mm | 109mm |
caldo mite freddo
Prossimi 5 giorni a Zürich
Previsione live — si aggiorna ogni poche ore.
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Mar 12
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7° / 5°
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Mer 13
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14° / 3°
18.4mm
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Gio 14
🌧️
12° / 5°
58.9mm
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Ven 15
⛅
11° / 4°
13.9mm
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Sab 16
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8° / 7°
13.7mm
Previsione: MET Norway
Indicazioni
Riepilogo svolta per svolta delle manovre principali, generato da OSRM.
Mostra tutte le 31 manovre
- Carrer d'Aribau
- Carrer de València 2 km
- Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes (C-31) 4 km
- Ronda Litoral (B-10) 3 km
- (C-33) 13 km
- Autopista de la Mediterrània (AP-7) 136 km
- La Catalane (A 9) 52 km
- La Languedocienne (A 9) 120 km
- La Languedocienne (A 9) 109 km
- Autoroute du Soleil (A 7) 93 km
- — 0.1 km
- (N 7) 10 km
- (N 532) 11 km
- (A 49) 61 km
- Autoroute du Dauphiné (A 48) 41 km
- — 0.4 km
- (A 43) 46 km
- (A 41) 51 km
- (A 41) 20 km
- — 0.3 km
- (A1) 40 km
- (A1) 26 km
- (A1) 25 km
- (A1) 125 km
- (A1) 9 km
- (A1) 35 km
- (A1; A3) 13 km
- (A1H) 4 km
- (A1H) 0.7 km
- Bahnhofquai 0.4 km
- Schanzengasse
Domande frequenti
What is the required vignette for driving in Switzerland?
You will need to purchase an annual Swiss motorway vignette (Autobahnvignette) for your vehicle to use Swiss motorways. This is mandatory and can be bought at border crossings or petrol stations near the border.
Are there tolls on the AP-7 and A9 autoroutes?
Yes, both the AP-7 in Spain and the A9 in France are toll motorways. You will encounter toll booths where you pay for the sections you use.
What are the typical speed limits in France and Switzerland?
On French autoroutes, the limit is generally 130 km/h in dry conditions. In Switzerland, the limit on motorways is typically 120 km/h. Always watch for variable speed limit signs and reductions due to weather or roadworks.
Do I need a Crit'Air sticker for France?
A Crit'Air sticker is required for vehicles entering certain French cities and towns to restrict polluting vehicles. Check if your route passes through any controlled zones and obtain the sticker if necessary before you arrive.
How does fuel pricing compare between Spain, France, and Switzerland?
Fuel prices can vary significantly. Generally, prices on main motorways in Spain and France are higher than in towns or on national roads. Switzerland tends to have some of the highest fuel prices in Western Europe.
Come viene costruita questa pagina
Compilato da COD Solutions Oy a partire da dati europei aperti — OSRM over OpenStreetMap for the route geometry, Open-Meteo for monthly climate normals, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin for cross-border fuel-price bands, and Google Gemini drafts the narrative and FAQ from the computed route data. Consulta la nostra metodologia per la cadenza di aggiornamento e i limiti.